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UNITED c STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. THORP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CHARLESJ. BARNES, OF SAME PLACE.`

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 446,901, datedFebruary 24, 1891.

Application led J' ulyr 9, 1890. Serial No. 358,221. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Beit known that I, THOMAS J. THORP, a resident of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Brooms; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to brooms having detachable handles, frames, andfastenin g-wires; and it consists in the construction hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation,partly in section, of my improved broom. Fig. 2 is a perspective of `askeleton.- Fig. 3 is a central section of a binding device. Fig. 4 is aside view of a distance-piece, and Fig. 5 is a partial section showingdevices for joining the brush and handle.

Numeral 1 indicates the body of a broomhandleconsisting of a tube,preferably nickelplated. The upper end is closed and iinshed by anysuitable means, such as shown. A cap 2 has an internal screw-threadedopening 3, adapted to be screwed onto the threaded stem 4 of a plug 5,secured by any convenient means in the interior of the tube.

5 indicates projections or stops rigidly secured in the plug 5 byscrew-threads, solder, or equivalent means, and Vextending throughperforations in the tube. Said projections can be cast upon the plug andthe latter introduced in the tube, the projections being entered in theproper openings before the longitudinal joint 1 of the tube is fullyclosed. The upper endof the tube having been entered in the cap 2 andthe screw engaged with the socket in the plug and the cap screwed downuntil the tube bears on the bottom of the recess in the cap, suitableterminal that will properly hold the tube is thereby produced.

6 denotes a plug similar to that above described, provided With likeprojections e. It has a screw-threaded opening` 7 to receive a screw 8,formed on the plug 10.

9 indicates a skeleton having arms 11, which are secured to the plug 10in a recess therein. Said skeleton is of special form, adapted to 14denotes an approximately cone-shaped tube or thimlole which is made toreceive and hold the bottom of tube 1, and which incloses the arms 11.These arms are a part of the skeleton 9, and are each fastened by rivetsor other means on a side of the socket in plug 10. One of these armsappears in Fig. 5 se- I cured in place, the other being cut away. Afterthe broom-corn has been laid and suitably formed about the frame 9 andits upper ends have been wired in usual manner the thimble 14 is forceddown upon the shoulder ofthe broom at 15 by turning the handle 1 and itscontained screw-threaded plug, so that they are drawn down upon screw Stoward the brush or broom proper.

In addition to the usual tying and binding string, such as indicated at16, I employ the wires 17, which are passed under the disks, buttons, orbars 18, placed at convenient intervals. The Wire ends are secured tothe buttons by means of holes 19 or otherwise. Said buttons are arrangedin pairs and connected through the broom-brush by means of wires securedthereto in any convenient manner. Preferably the wires are at one endpermanently attached to one button and detachably fastened to the otherby bending their ends down upon the same after having been passedthrough it, as shown at 19. Teeth 2O are provided to hold the buttonsmore securely in place.

, 21 is a distance-piece, notched at 22 to embrace the binding thread orcord, and perforated at 23 to receive the wire 17 These pieces operateto hold the wires in proper relativeposition, and are mostadvantageously placed in the edge of the broom.

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The tubular handle, being made of light metal, is stiifened at each endby an interior plug and :1n external cap or ihimble. The split iu thetube enables the projections of the plugs lo be entered in holes in thetube when slightly. expanded, the longitudinal opening in the tubebeingsnhscquently closed and the cap and thimble placed thereon.

\Yhen the brush of a broom is Worn out', a fresh one can be supplied tolehe frame and handle and bound with wire and thread, as seti'ortl1,orin anyapproved manner, and these devices of my invention canbe reused many times with economy and convenience.

Having thus described myinvention, what I desire to secure by Let-tersPatent isl. A tubular broom-handle made of elastic material and havinginterior plugs at each end provided with projections cngagii'ig holes insaid handle, a cap surrounding the upper ond and engaged with the plug,and a flaring ihimblc surrounding the opposite end, adapted to cover theupper end of the broom ber, substantially as set forth.

i. In a broom, the skeleton having the transverse outwardly-curved bars,Jelle intermediate connecting-bars 12', and arms 11, in combination witha tubular handle provided with a plug secured therein and secured to thearms ll of the skeleton, the latter being concealed wit-hin andsupporting the broom and having a part of the same between itstransverse members, Substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oft'wo subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS J. THORP.

Witnesses:

I'IANNAH M. CLOUD, Conny A. KENNEDY.

